JP5618620B2 - Coin processing equipment - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a coin processing apparatus that processes stored coins and withdraws the money, and particularly relates to a coin processing apparatus used in a financial terminal such as a vending machine, a convenience store, or a bank.

  In a financial institution such as a bank, a coin processing apparatus that can perform a withdrawal process and uses a stored coin as a withdrawal coin is widely used. Recently, financial terminals are being installed in financial institutions other than banks, for example, in convenience stores. An operation for preparing a withdrawal coin is required for a coin processing apparatus that is built in a financial terminal and performs a withdrawal process. Until now, this operation has been performed manually by a staff member familiar with the coin processing apparatus (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

JP 2002-298188 (paragraphs 0073, 0074, etc.)

  In particular, sales outlets where financial terminals such as convenience stores are installed mainly sell products, and the space allowed for financial terminals is extremely limited. Therefore, there is a strong demand for downsizing the coin processing apparatus.

  In recent years, preparations for withdrawal coins are often outsourced to management companies, etc., and preparation work for withdrawal coins of multiple coin handling units is performed a day by a person who is not familiar with coin handling units. Yes. In order to cope with changes in the installation environment and usage environment of the coin processing device, it is required that the reserve be a specification that allows the denomination to be changed as appropriate by the operation on the user side. For this reason, the denomination to be prepared in the coin processing apparatus may be mistaken. Even in such a case, it is strongly desired not to release the wrong denomination out of the coin processing apparatus.

  Then, it aims at providing the coin processing apparatus reduced in size, Comprising: The coin processing apparatus without the erroneous discharge | release which mistakes the money type of the coin withdrawn and discharge | releases out of the apparatus.

  In order to achieve the above object, a coin processing apparatus 101 according to the first aspect of the present invention includes a storage unit 5 for storing coins, as shown in FIGS. 1, 3, and 4, for example; A discharge unit 21 that discharges the stored coins; a coin counting sensor 13 that detects the discharged coins, and a counting unit 37 that counts the detected coins based on a detection signal from the coin counting sensor 13. Based on a detection signal from the denomination detection sensor 11, a denomination determination sensor 11 that detects the denomination of the released coin, and a detection signal from the denomination determination sensor 11, the denomination of the detected coin is determined. Denomination discrimination sensor units 11 and 38 having a denomination discrimination unit 38; and an appropriate coin determination unit 33 that determines the released coin as an appropriate coin or a reject coin; Coin counting sensor 3 has a hole presence / absence determination unit 39 for determining the presence / absence of a hole formed in the released coin based on the signal from 3; the proper coin determination unit 33 is determined by the hole presence / absence determination unit 39 The first information on the presence / absence of a coin hole is received, the second information on the coin denomination determined by the denomination determining unit 38 is received, and the first information and the second information do not match. In this case, it is determined to be a reject coin, and a coin other than the reject coin is determined to be a proper coin.

  If comprised in this way, the presence or absence of the hole formed in the coin discharge | released by the discharge | release part from the accommodating part will be determined by the presence / absence determination part of the hole of a discharge | release detection part, and the denomination of the said coin will be discriminate | determined by a denomination determination part The proper coin determining unit receives the first information from the hole presence determining unit, receives the second information from the denomination determining unit, and rejects when the first information and the second information do not match. Since it is configured to determine a coin and determine a coin other than a reject coin as a proper coin, a withdrawal process can be performed when the coin is a proper coin, and a reject process can be performed when the coin is a reject coin. It is possible to provide a coin processing apparatus that has a simple structure and is reduced in size, and that does not erroneously discharge coins of the wrong denomination to the outside of the apparatus.

  For example, as shown in FIG. 1, the coin processing device 101 according to the invention according to the second aspect is the coin processing device according to the first aspect, wherein the denomination determining sensor 11 detects the outer diameter of the coin, The denomination discriminating unit 38 discriminates the denomination from the outer diameter.

  Since the denomination determining sensor detects the outer diameter of the coin and the denomination determining unit determines the denomination from the outer diameter, the denomination determining unit can uniquely determine the denomination. For example, in the case of Japanese coins, the coins of each denomination have different outer diameters, so that the denomination can be uniquely determined. Here, “determining the denomination uniquely” means, for example, discriminating that it is a 100 yen coin if it is a 100 yen coin, and discriminating that it is a 10 yen coin if it is a 10 yen coin.

  The coin processing device 201 according to the invention relating to the third aspect includes, for example, a plurality of storage portions 5 for storing coins for each denomination, as shown in FIGS. 6, 7, and 8; and storing the stored coins A discharge unit 21 that discharges from the unit 5; a coin counting sensor 13 that detects the discharged coins; and a counting unit 37 that counts the detected coins based on a detection signal from the coin counting sensor 13. Based on the detection unit 13, 37; a denomination group discrimination sensor 111 for detecting the material of the released coins, and a detection signal from the denomination group discrimination sensor 111, the denomination group of the detected coins is discriminated. Denomination group discriminating sensor units 111 and 140 having a denomination group discriminating unit 140; and an appropriate coin judging unit 133 that judges the released coins as appropriate coins or rejected coins. The discharge detection units 13 and 37 have a hole presence / absence determination unit 39 for determining the presence / absence of a hole formed in the released coin based on a signal from the coin detection sensor 13; The units 111 and 140 further include a denomination discriminating unit 138; the denomination discriminating unit 138 receives the first information on the presence / absence of a coin hole determined by the hole presence / absence determination unit 39, and further includes a denomination group 3rd information regarding the denomination group of coins discriminated by the discriminating unit 140 is received, the denomination of the coins released is discriminated from the first information and the third information, and The proper coin judgment unit 133 receives the fifth information related to the denomination of the coin stored in the storage unit 5, and the fourth information and the fifth information do not match. In case It determines that the-object coin configured to determine non-rejected coins proper coins.

  If comprised in this way, the presence or absence judgment part of the hole of the discharge | emission detection part will judge the presence or absence of the hole currently formed in the coin discharge | released by the discharge | release part from the accommodating part, and the denomination group discrimination | determination part of the coin The denomination discriminating unit receives the first information from the hole presence / absence judging unit, receives the third information from the denomination group discriminating unit, and is released from the first information and the third information. It is configured to discriminate the denomination of the coin and form fourth information related to the denomination of the coin, and the appropriate coin determination unit receives the fifth information related to the denomination of the coin stored in the storage unit, and When the information is not consistent with the fifth information, the coin is determined to be a reject coin, and other than the reject coin is determined to be a proper coin. If is a reject coin You can inject process, thus a miniaturized coin handling apparatus having a simple configuration, it is possible to provide a false release no coin processing apparatus that emits an incorrect denomination of the coin to the outside of the apparatus.

  In order to achieve the above object, a coin processing apparatus 101 according to the invention according to the fourth aspect, as shown in FIG. 1, for example, performs coin processing according to any one of the first to third aspects. The apparatus includes reject units 9 and 50 for rejecting and storing coins determined to be the reject coins; and withdrawal units 1 and 2 for dispensing coins determined to be the appropriate coins.

  Since the reject part and the withdrawal part are provided, the coin determined to be a reject coin can be rejected and stored by the reject part, and the coin determined to be an appropriate coin can be withdrawn by the withdrawal part.

  As described above, according to the coin processing apparatus of the present invention, the storage unit, the discharge unit, the discharge detection unit having the hole presence / absence determination unit, the denomination determination sensor unit, and the appropriate coin determination unit are provided. Therefore, the presence / absence of a hole formed in the coin released from the storage unit by the discharge unit is determined by the hole presence / absence determination unit of the discharge detection unit, and the denomination of the coin is determined by the denomination determination unit. The determination unit receives first information from the hole presence determination unit, receives second information from the denomination determination unit, and determines that the coin is a reject coin when the first information and the second information do not match. Since it is configured to determine that a coin other than a reject coin is a proper coin, a withdrawal process can be performed when the coin is a proper coin, and a reject process can be performed when the coin is a reject coin. Miniaturized coin processor There, it is possible to provide an erroneous release no coin processing apparatus that emits an incorrect denomination of the coin to the outside of the apparatus.

  As described above, according to the coin processing device of the present invention, the storage unit, the discharge unit, the discharge detection unit having the hole presence / absence determination unit, the denomination group determination sensor unit, and the appropriate coin determination unit are provided. Therefore, the presence / absence of the hole formed in the coin discharged from the storage unit by the discharge unit is determined by the hole detection unit of the discharge detection unit, and the denomination group determination unit of the coin is determined by the denomination group determination unit. The denomination determining unit receives the first information from the hole presence / absence determining unit, the third information from the denomination group determining unit, and the gold of the coins released from the first information and the third information. It is configured to discriminate the seed and form fourth information related to the denomination of the coin, and the appropriate coin determining unit receives the fifth information related to the denomination of the coin stored in the storing unit, and the fourth information Reject coin if fifth information does not match Since it is configured to judge and determine other than a reject coin as a proper coin, it is possible to perform a withdrawal process when the coin is a proper coin, and a reject process when the coin is a reject coin. It is possible to provide a coin processing apparatus having a reduced size and having no erroneous release that releases coins of the wrong denomination to the outside of the apparatus.

FIG. 1A is a front cross-sectional block diagram showing the main configuration of the coin processing device according to the first embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 1B is a side cross-sectional block diagram thereof. FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the main configuration of the stacker cassette unit of the coin processing apparatus shown in FIG. FIG. 3 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a control unit of the coin processing device illustrated in FIG. 1. FIG. 4 is a block diagram of a control system of the coin processing device shown in FIG. FIG. 5 is a diagram showing the relationship between coin counting and hole detection in the coin processing device shown in FIG. 1. FIG. 6 is a front cross-sectional block diagram showing the main configuration of the coin processing device according to the second embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 7 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a control unit of the coin processing device illustrated in FIG. 6. FIG. 8 is a block diagram of a control system of the coin processing device shown in FIG.

  Hereinafter, a first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. In addition, in each figure, the same code | symbol is attached | subjected to the mutually same or equivalent member, and the overlapping description is abbreviate | omitted.

  FIG. 1 (A) is a front block diagram showing the main configuration of the coin processing apparatus 101 according to the first embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 1 (B) is a side block diagram thereof.

  The main configuration of the coin processing apparatus 101 will be described with reference to FIGS. The coin processing device 101 is usually arranged with the bottom side horizontal as shown in the figure. The coin processing device 101 includes a stacker cassette unit 4, a transport unit 3, a denomination discrimination sensor 11, a withdrawal tray unit 2 as a withdrawal unit, a shutter unit 1 as a withdrawal unit, and a control unit 10. It is comprised including. The stacker cassette unit 4 includes a hopper 5 (four) as a storage unit, a coin counting sensor 13 (FIG. 4) (four), and a dispensing reject box 9 as a reject unit.

  The denomination discrimination sensor 11 and a denomination discrimination unit 38 (FIG. 3) described later constitute a denomination discrimination sensor unit. A discharge detecting unit is configured including the coin counting sensor 13, a counting unit 37 (FIG. 3) described later, and a hole presence / absence determining unit 39 (FIG. 3) described later.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the stacker cassette unit 4 has a frame shape. The stacker cassette unit 4 includes a hopper 5, a coin counting sensor 13 (FIG. 4), a discharge chute 25, and a withdrawal reject box 9. In addition, the stacker cassette unit 4 can move leftward in FIG. 1 (A) in the horizontal direction in a state in which the above-described components are accommodated, and can be detached from the coin processing device 101 (FIG. 1). is there.

  The stacker cassette unit 4 has a frame shape with a substantially rectangular cross section in the horizontal direction. The rectangular cross section is composed of a short side and a long side. The stacker cassette unit 4 includes a customer service wall 41A including one short side, a back wall 41B including the other short side facing the one short side, and a long side. And a frame side wall 42 including the frame side wall 42. The customer service wall 41A is disposed in the vicinity of the customer service surface of a terminal (not shown) in which the coin processing device 101 (FIG. 1) is built. Hereinafter, the length between the customer service wall 41A and the back wall 41B is referred to as depth, and the length between the frame side walls 42 is referred to as width. A virtual surface located between the customer service wall 41A and the back wall 41B, which is substantially equidistant from the customer service wall 41A and the back wall 41B, is a central surface 43 between the customer service wall 41A and the back wall 41B (see FIG. Middle, indicated by a two-dot chain line). As shown in the drawing, the depth of the stacker cassette unit 4 is the length in the Z direction, and the width is the length in the Y direction.

  The stacker cassette unit 4 has a handle 45 attached to the upper portion of the stacker cassette unit 4, and further includes an opening 44, a door 19 that closes the opening 44, and a locking mechanism 20 that locks the door 19. . The door 19 constitutes one frame side wall 42 on the near side in the drawing of the stacker cassette unit 4. Since it was set as such a structure, the stacker cassette part 4 can be attached or detached from the coin processing apparatus 101 in a state where the door 19 is locked.

  In FIG. 2, the locking mechanism 20 is attached to the upper right in the drawing of the stacker cassette unit 4, the door 19 is locked by the locking mechanism 20, the door 19 cannot be opened, and the hopper 5 cannot be pulled out from the stacker cassette unit 4. . The locking mechanism 20 is unlocked by a key held by a predetermined clerk, the door 19 is opened, and the hopper 5 can be pulled out. The stacker cassette unit 4 pulled out from the coin processing apparatus 101 (FIG. 1) is moved to a safe place by safely closing the hopper 5 in the stacker cassette unit 4, and coins are collected from the hopper 5, coins to the hopper 5. Can be replenished safely.

  Therefore, the hopper 5 can be safely used as a conventional replenishment cassette and the hopper 5 as a conventional collection cassette. This makes it easy to collect and replenish coins, and it is not necessary to provide a separate replenishment cassette and space for the collection cassette in the stacker cassette unit 4, so the coin processing device 101 (FIG. 1) can be reduced in size. Can be

  Returning to FIG. 1, the description will be continued. The discharge chute 25 is arranged in the vertically downward direction in the center of the customer service wall 41A and the back wall 41B in the stacker cassette unit 4. The discharge chute 25 is connected to each discharge port 22 of the discharge part 21 of the hopper 5 described later.

  Two hoppers 5 are arranged in the frame-shaped stacker cassette unit 4 at an upper stage, and a hopper 5A and a hopper 5B are arranged at the upper stage, and a hopper 5C and a hopper 5D are arranged at the lower stage. Hereinafter, the name of the hopper 5 is used when generically referring to the hopper. In each stage (upper stage and lower stage), the hopper 5A, the hopper 5B, the hopper 5C, and the hopper 5D are arranged in the depth direction. Since it arrange | positions in this way, the length of the depth direction of an apparatus can be made small, and an apparatus can be reduced in size. The upper side is a hopper 5A for 500 yen coins on the right side in FIG. 1A, the hopper 5B for 1 yen coins on the left side, and the lower side is a hopper 5C for 100 yen coins on the right side in FIG. The left side is a hopper 5D for 10 yen coins.

  The hopper 5 includes a storage case 15 that stores coins (not shown), and a discharge unit 21 that discharges coins stored in the storage case 15 one by one as change. The storage case 15 is attached to the upper part of the hopper 5 and stores coins in a stacked state. In the first embodiment, the storage cases 15A, 15B of the upper hoppers 5A, 5B (each for 500 yen and 1 yen coin) have the same volume, and the storage cases 15C of the lower hoppers 5C, 5D, 15D (for 100 yen and 10 yen coins) has the same volume. The discharge portions 21 are respectively attached directly below the storage case 15. The name of the storage case 15 is used when collectively referring to the storage case. The discharge ports 22 for discharging coins to the outside of the hopper 5 are respectively provided on the side portions facing the central surface 43 of the discharge portion 21.

  In addition, since the discharge port 22 is provided on the side surface portion of the discharge portion 21 facing the central surface 43 between the customer service wall 41A and the back wall 41B, the width of the particularly restrictive device can be reduced. It can be downsized.

  The hopper 5 removes the stacker cassette unit 4 in the horizontal direction from the coin processing apparatus 101, and when the door 19 is locked by the locking mechanism 20 of the removed stacker cassette unit 4, the Y-direction (horizontal perpendicular to the Z direction) It is configured so that it can be easily exchanged to a direction (a direction protruding from the drawing (FIG. 2)) (FIG. 2).

  The discharge portions 21 of the hopper 5 are each connected to a discharge chute 25. The discharge unit 21 includes a disk hopper type discharge mechanism 24 (indicated by a broken line in FIG. 1A) for discharging the stored coins one by one, and motors 5AM to 5DM as drive means for driving the discharge mechanism 24. (FIG. 4) are provided. The discharge unit 21 discharges coins in the storage case 15 to the discharge chute 25 via the discharge port 22.

  As described above, the discharge port 22 of the hopper 5 is provided with the central surface 43 facing the depth direction. Further, a connection portion 23 is arranged at a portion of the discharge chute 25 connected to the discharge port 22. However, the number of coins stored in the storage case 15 can be increased by projecting the storage case 15 in the space above the connection portion 23 of the discharge chute 25 to increase the volume.

  The hopper 5 is provided with a motor load detection device (not shown), detects the biting of coins in the hopper 5 by detecting the motor load, and when the biting occurs, reverses the disk (not shown) of the discharge mechanism 24. When the coin is not released due to a scraping failure, the same retry operation is repeated.

  In the hopper 5, a coin counting sensor 13 (FIG. 4) is arranged for each denomination. The coin counting sensor 13 (FIG. 4) is installed in each hopper 5, that is, for each denomination. The coin counting sensor 13 is configured to detect coins discharged from the hopper 5 one by one and send a detection signal to the control unit 10, and whether or not there is a hole formed in the coin based on the detection signal. It is judged one by one. The coin counting sensor 13 (FIG. 4) is installed inside the hopper 5 and immediately downstream of the discharge mechanism 24 (a total of four coin counting sensors 13 (FIG. 4) (the number of hoppers 5 and same number)). Since the detection signal sent from the coin counting sensor 13 (FIG. 4) for detecting coins is also used to determine the presence / absence of a coin hole, a signal is used to detect the presence / absence of a coin hole. There is no need to provide a separate sensor for generating the device, and the apparatus can be downsized.

  The coin counting sensor 13 is provided for each denomination when the coin counting sensor 13 is provided in the coin route from the downstream side of the discharge mechanism 24 of the hopper 5 until it joins the central surface of the discharge chute 25. Can do. The coin counting sensor may be provided in the transport unit 3 or on the downstream side of the outlet of the transport unit 3 (however, on the upstream side of the withdrawal tray unit 2).

  As described above, the signal generated from the coin counting sensor 13 (FIG. 4) is a detection signal for detecting coins discharged from the hopper 5 one by one, and in addition, a hole formed in the coin by the detection signal. The presence or absence of is determined. Even if a 10 yen hopper 5D or 100 yen hopper 5C contains 5 or 50 yen of similar outer diameter or material, if the element of presence or absence of holes formed in the coin is taken into the criteria, By using together with a sensor having a simple configuration such as the discrimination sensor 11 and making a simple discrimination, it is possible to suppress erroneous release to the user. Further, among the hoppers 5, the hopper 5 at any installation location can change the denomination, and in particular, the 5 yen with a hole before the change and the hopper with a hole of 50 yen without including the 50 yen hopper are opened. In the case of including a 5-yen or 50-yen hopper, the first embodiment including the control unit 10 having the hole presence / absence judgment unit 39 (FIG. 3) that can easily judge the presence / absence of a coin hole is provided. The coin processing apparatus 101 of the form becomes effective.

  In the first embodiment, in principle, it is desirable to mechanically align the center of the coin with the optical axis of the coin counting sensor 13 (FIG. 4) (this second embodiment described later). The same in the form). Depending on the denomination, the center of the coin may not be aligned with the optical axis of the coin counting sensor 13 (FIG. 4), and a slight deviation may occur. There is no problem in detecting the presence or absence of.

  In the coin processing device 101, the coin that has dropped the discharge chute 25 is guided to the transport unit 3. The coins that have exited the discharge chute 25 (stacker cassette unit 4) are monitored for coin passage by one detection sensor 3S (FIG. 4) provided at the outlet of the discharge chute 25 before reaching the transport unit 3. . Specifically, a predetermined time (for example, three times the dropping time of the discharge chute 25; about 5 seconds) has not been reached since discharge from the hopper 5, detection in a state where there is no discharge from the hopper 5, and a light shielding state is continued. If it is detected automatically, the transport unit 3 is operated for a predetermined time (for example, 2.5 times the value obtained by dividing the distance from the detection sensor to the dispensing tray unit 2 by the coin transport speed; approximately 4.5 seconds). After that, confirm the cancellation of the problem. If the problem is solved, the discharge operation of the first sheet from the hopper 5 is started again, and if it is not released, the apparatus is stopped.

  The transport unit 3 includes a first transport unit 3A, a second transport unit 3B, and a third transport unit 3C. Each of the transport units 3A to 3C has a pulley and a transport belt hung on the pulley, and transports the discharged coins one by one. An additional detection sensor 3S (FIG. 4) is disposed at an appropriate part of the transport unit 3 to count transport coins and monitor stagnation.

  Regarding the stagnation monitoring, specifically, a predetermined time from the detection sensor 3S in the previous stage with respect to the flow of coins (for example, 2.5 times the value obtained by dividing the distance between the detection sensors 3S by the coin conveyance speed). If the detection has not yet reached, or if the detection is shorter than a predetermined time (for example, time required for appropriate processing of the denomination determination sensor 11; approximately 200 ms) in the same detection sensor 3S, Discharge of coins is stopped, all coins on the transport unit 3 are transported to the withdrawal tray unit 2, and coins are taken into the withdrawal reject box 9, and then the first coin starts to be ejected from the hopper 5 again. Is done. When the state described above in this paragraph reaches a predetermined number of times (for example, 10 times), the apparatus is stopped as an abnormality.

  The coins detected by the detection sensor 3S (FIG. 4) are then sandwiched between the first transport unit 3A and the second transport unit 3B, transported in a substantially horizontal direction, and then directed upward in a substantially vertical direction. Then, it is conveyed to the front of the denomination discrimination sensor 11. The coins transported to the front of the denomination determination sensor 11 are transported only by the first transport unit 3A while passing through the denomination determination sensor 11. The coins that pass through the denomination discrimination sensor 11 are discriminated by a denomination discrimination unit 38 (to be described later) of the control unit 10 using a signal sent from the denomination discrimination sensor 11. The coin that has passed through the denomination sensor 11 is then sandwiched between the first transport unit 3A and the third transport unit 3C, transported in a substantially vertical direction, and then transported obliquely upward.

  The denomination discriminating sensor 11 is an electromagnetic sensor and includes a pair of opposed coils, and parameters for discriminating the denomination are voltage and frequency. Therefore, the denomination discriminating sensor 11 can have a simple structure, and can be a device having a simple structure. On the other hand, the coin counting sensor 13 (FIG. 4) is an optical type and detects light shielding by coins. Since the denomination discrimination sensor 11 does not need to use many parameters for denomination discrimination and does not need to include a plurality of coils, the control circuit of the control unit 10 does not become large, and the coin processing apparatus 101 can be downsized. Contributing to

  When the coin passes through the denomination determination sensor 11, the coin is offset and the transport unit 3 is configured so that the position of the coin with respect to the denomination determination sensor 11 is constant.

With reference to FIG. 3, the structure of the control part 10 of the coin processing apparatus 101 is demonstrated.
The control unit 10 receives output signals from the host device 102 (FIG. 4), the coin counting sensor 13 (FIG. 4), the denomination discrimination sensor 11, the detection sensors 1S, 2S, and 3S (FIG. 4) (1). An input receiving unit 31 and a (2) input processing unit 32 for processing a signal received by the input receiving unit 31 are configured. The control part 10 bears a part of function of the coin counting sensor 13 (FIG. 4), the denomination discrimination sensor 11 (FIG. 1), and the detection sensors 1S, 2S, and 3S (FIG. 4).

  The input processing unit 32 further receives an output signal output from the coin counting sensor 13 (FIG. 4) via the input receiving unit 31, and counts coins one by one using the received received signal (2a). And the output signal output from the denomination determining sensor 11 is received via the input receiving unit 31, and the denomination of the coin is determined based on the received received signal (2b). The denomination determining unit 38 and the coin counting sensor 13 ( An output signal output from FIG. 3) is received via the input receiving unit 31, and the presence / absence determining unit 39 of a hole is determined (2c) for determining the presence / absence of a coin hole based on the received reception signal.

The control unit 10 further compares the information regarding the presence / absence of the coin hole determined by the hole determination unit 39 received from the input processing unit 32 with the information regarding the denomination of the coin determined by the denomination determination sensor 11. (3) An information comparison unit 33 as an appropriate coin judgment unit and an input received from the host device 102 are stored. (4) A withdrawal is made based on information on the deposit amount and transaction amount from the storage unit 34 and the host device 102. calculating a number of denominations and the denomination (5) and the calculation unit 35, the motor 1M based on dispensing denomination and the denomination of the number of information from the computation unit 35, 2M, 3M, 5AM, BM, And (6) an operation instructing unit 36 for instructing the operation by sending drive signals to the CM and 5DM.

  The input processing unit 32 sends a signal indicating information regarding the presence / absence of a coin hole from the hole presence / absence determination unit 39 and a signal indicating information regarding the denomination of the coin from the denomination determination unit 38 to the information comparison unit 33, The input received from the device 102 is sent to the storage unit 34. Further, a signal indicating information on the deposit amount and transaction amount from the host device 102 is sent to the calculation unit 35, and based on the calculation result of the calculation unit 35, information on the denomination to be withdrawn and the number of the denominations is provided. Send to 36.

Next, the control system of the coin processing apparatus 101 will be described with reference to FIG.
The control unit 10 is driven from the operation instruction unit 36 (FIG. 3) to the motor 1M of the shutter unit 1, the motor 2M of the dispensing tray unit 2, the motor 3M of the transport unit 3, and the motors 5AM to 5DM of the hoppers 5A to 5D. A signal is sent to control the drive of each motor.

  The control unit 10 further communicates with the host device 102 of the coin processing device 101 via the input receiving unit 31 (FIG. 3). By the communication, the denomination is determined for each hopper 5 before the operation is started, the denomination information of the hopper 5 is input from the host device 102, and the denomination information of the hopper 5 is sent to the control unit 10 to be stored in the storage unit 34 ( (Figure 3) is stored (except when input has already been made and no change is required). Moreover, the number of coins to be withdrawn as change is determined for each denomination by the calculation unit 35 of the control unit 10 based on the information on the deposit amount and the transaction amount sent from the host device 102 as described above.

  As described above, the coin processing apparatus 101 according to the first embodiment transmits the count signal from the coin counting sensor 13 (four in total) of each hopper 5 to the input receiving unit 31 (FIG. 3) of the control unit 10. (Output signal) is configured to be sent. Specifically, when the coin has not passed through the coin counting sensor 13, light is not blocked by the coin, so a translucent signal is sent from the coin counting sensor 13, and the coin has passed through the coin counting sensor 13. Sometimes, light is blocked by coins, a light blocking signal is generated, and the light blocking signal is sent.

  The shutter unit 1 includes a detection sensor 1S. The detection sensor 1S detects opening / closing of a shutter (not shown) of the shutter unit 1, and sends a detection signal (output signal) to an input reception unit 31 (FIG. 3) of the control unit 10. send. The withdrawal tray 2 has a detection sensor 2S, detects opening and closing of the tray bottom 50 (FIG. 1A), and sends a detection signal to the input receiving unit 31 of the control unit 10. The transport unit 3 includes a detection sensor 3S, and counts transport coins and monitors stagnation. A detection signal (output signal) from the detection sensor 3S is sent to the input reception unit 31 (FIG. 3) of the control unit 10.

  The control unit 10 is connected to an external power supply and supplies electricity to the motors 1M, 2M, 3M, 5AM, 5BM, 5CM, 5DM, detection sensors 1S, 2S, 3S, the coin counting sensor 13, the denomination determination sensor 11, and the like. To do.

The description will be continued with reference to FIG.
The withdrawal tray 2 is configured to accumulate and dispense the coins conveyed by the conveyance unit 3. The shutter unit 1 is disposed above the dispensing tray unit 2 and is connected to the shutter of the dispensing tray unit 2 by a shutter mechanism (not illustrated) including a shutter (not illustrated) and a motor 1M (FIG. 4) that drives the shutter. Open and close. When the shutter is opened, the user can take out the coins in the withdrawal tray 2. That is, the withdrawal of the withdrawal tray part 2 is made possible by opening the shutter part 1. The shutter mechanism includes a detection sensor 1S (FIG. 4), detects opening and closing of the shutter, and sends a detection signal to the input reception unit 31 (FIG. 3) of the control unit 10.

  A tray base 50 as a reject unit is attached to the dispensing tray 2 and the tray bottom 50 can be opened by driving a motor 2M (FIG. 4) (open state is indicated by a two-dot chain line). The withdrawal reject coin (not shown) and the forgetting coin (not shown) can be dropped into the withdrawal reject box 9 via the reject chute 51. The withdrawal / rejection box 9 can collect the dropped coins by opening the door 19 and tilting the withdrawal / rejection rejection box 9 forward in FIG. 1 (A). The withdrawal tray 2 has a detection sensor 2S (FIG. 4), detects opening and closing of the tray bottom 50, and sends a detection signal to the input reception unit 31 (FIG. 3) of the control unit 10.

  With reference to FIG. 1, how to determine the size of the storage case 15 of the hopper 5 will be described. As described above, in the first embodiment, coins of 500 yen, 1 yen, 100 yen, and 10 yen are allocated to the storage case 15, respectively. The size of the storage case 15 to which the denominations are assigned in this way statistically grasps the number of coins to be deposited for each denomination in consideration of the installation environment and usage environment in which the coin processing apparatus 101 is attached. Alternatively, the amount of coins (amount converted into volume) may be obtained based on the obtained number of sheets, and the volume of the storage case 15 may be determined so as to be substantially proportional to the obtained amount of coins. The installation environment refers to a place where equipment including a coin processing device such as a financial terminal and a vending machine is placed. The usage environment refers to an environment in which the above-described device is used, such as a convenience store, a bank, a railway station, a playground, or the like, or a customer's characteristics such as a large number of users and children.

  When the installation environment and usage environment of the coin processing device 101 have changed and it is necessary to change the specifications, the number of coins denominated in the new installation environment and usage environment is statistically grasped and grasped. The amount of coins (the amount converted to the volume) is obtained based on the number of sheets, and the volume of the storage case 15 may be determined so as to be substantially proportional to the obtained amount of coins. If it does in this way, the space of the hopper 5 can be utilized effectively and the coin processing apparatus 101 can be reduced in size.

With reference to FIG. 5 and with reference to FIG. 4 as appropriate, details of determination by the coin counting sensor 13 as to whether or not a hole is formed in the coin will be described.
The output of the coin counting sensor 13 will be described. Before the coin passes through the coin counting sensor 13 (until time t1 in FIG. 5), the coin counting sensor 13 emits a translucent signal. When a coin has passed through the coin counting sensor 13 (time t1 to t4 in FIG. 5), and a hole is formed in the coin, a portion without a hole passes through the coin counting sensor (time From t1 to t2 (for example, 5 ms) and from time t3 to t4 (for example, 5 ms), the coin counting sensor 13 emits a light shielding signal. While the holed portion passes through the coin counting sensor 13 (from time t2 to t3 (for example, 9 ms)), light passes through the hole portion, so that a translucent signal is emitted ((1) in FIG. 5). .

  If no hole is formed in the coin, the coin counting sensor 13 continues to emit a light shielding signal while the coin passes through the coin counting sensor 13 (from time t1 to time t4 in FIG. 5). Here, the direct signal of the coin counting sensor 13 in the case of a coin having no hole is omitted in FIG.

  When a coin passes through the coin counting sensor 13, a counting signal is formed in accordance with a light transmission signal and a light shielding signal from the coin counting sensor 13. The counting signal is formed by the counting unit 37 (FIG. 3). The counting unit 37 (FIG. 3) is also a counting signal creating unit that creates a counting signal. The count signal is the same signal that maintains a constant value regardless of whether a hole is formed in the coin or not, and from time t1 to time t5 (counting mask time) (for example, 100 ms) It lasts for a while ((2) in FIG. 5). The counting mask time is obtained by adding a predetermined time to the time (time t1 to time t4) when passage is detected by the coin counting sensor 13. The predetermined time referred to here is a spare time in consideration of the stay of coins.

  A hole determination signal is formed in accordance with the light transmission signal and the light shielding signal from the coin counting sensor 13 described above. The hole determination signal is formed by a hole presence / absence determination unit 39 (FIG. 3). The hole presence / absence determination unit 39 (FIG. 3) is also a hole determination signal generation unit that generates a hole determination signal. When the hole is formed in the coin, the hole determination signal is formed from the light-shielding signal between time t1 and t2, and between time t3 and t4, between time t2 and t3, and between time t4 and t5. A space is formed from a light transmission signal ((3) in FIG. 5). That is, a light transmission signal is included between the light shielding signal and the light shielding signal.

  When the hole is not formed in the coin, the hole determination signal is formed from the light shielding signal between the times t1 and t4, and is formed from the translucent signal between the times t4 and t5 ((( 4)). That is, a light transmission signal is not included between the light shielding signal and the light shielding signal. The hole determination signal is hole determination information X.

Next, with reference to FIGS. 1-4, the replacement | exchange operation | work of the hopper 5 is demonstrated.
As a precondition, in a normal use environment, each denomination is 500 yen (hopper 5A), 1 yen (hopper 5B), 100 yen (hopper 5C), 10 yen (hopper 5D) as a standard. However, in the actual usage environment, there are statistically many withdrawal transactions involving 5 yen or 50 yen, and the remaining denominations have no withdrawal, or 500 yen is involved in relatively little withdrawal. It may be convenient to change the denomination setting. As an example, a case where the denomination of the hopper 5A is changed from 500 yen to 5 yen will be shown below.

  Each discharge portion 21 (four in total) has the same external dimensions, but due to the difference in the outer diameter of the coins to be discharged, the dimensions of some of the internal parts are different and match the outer diameter of the coin to be handled. Some of them are dimensioned and manufactured. Therefore, when exchanging the denomination of one hopper 5, it is necessary to exchange the entire hopper 5 with each other. Therefore, the hopper 5A for 500 yen is replaced with a hopper for 5 yen (not shown) as the whole hopper. Next, the user changes the denomination setting from a higher-level device (not shown). By changing the denomination setting, the denomination of coins released from the hopper (not shown) exchanged in the subsequent processing is 5 yen.

  First, the following operation is performed to set a reserve. That is, the user slides the coin processing apparatus 101 on the guide rail (not shown) of the terminal (not shown) and pulls it out from the terminal in the horizontal direction (left direction in FIG. 1A). Further, the stacker cassette unit 4 for storing the hopper 5 is slid horizontally on the guide rail (not shown) of the coin processing apparatus 101 in the left direction in FIG. 1A and pulled out of the coin processing apparatus 101. At this time, it is necessary to operate a lock mechanism (not shown) to release the locked state on the guide rail (not shown) of the stacker cassette unit 4. After the stacker cassette unit 4 comes out of the coin processing apparatus 101, the stacker cassette unit 4 is pulled out vertically upward.

  The user unlocks the locking mechanism 20 with a key and opens the door 19. The hopper 5A (for 500 yen) is pulled out from the stacker cassette section 4 for storing the hopper 5, and a predetermined coin (5 yen) is prepared (stored) in a corresponding hopper (not shown), and the 5 yen The hopper is returned to the stacker cassette unit 4 and the door 19 is closed. The stacker cassette unit 4 is set in the coin processing device, the coin processing device 101 is further set in a terminal (not shown), and the reserve set is completed.

In this way, since the reserve work is performed manually, there is a possibility of erroneous replenishment. Further, as described above, it is possible for the user to change the denomination of each hopper 5, and there is a possibility that the coin to be inserted may be mistaken due to the denomination change.

Next, with reference to FIGS. 1-4, payment and withdrawal will be described.
A user deposits money with a bill or the like to a deposit processing machine (not shown) of the host apparatus 102 (FIG. 4). After depositing, the user performs a confirmation operation such as pressing a confirmation button (not shown) of a deposit processing machine (not shown) as a deposit confirmation operation. When the deposit confirmation operation is performed, the calculation unit 35 (FIG. 3) of the control unit 10 calculates the denomination of the withdrawal amount and the number of denominations from the deposit amount and the transaction amount. The control unit 10 confirms the number of withdrawals required for each coin denomination from the comparison result, and compares the number of coins in the hopper 5 of that denomination. Next, the control unit 10 confirms the denomination of coins that can be discharged and the number of each denomination, and confirms the hopper 5 of the denomination and the position of the hopper 5. The position of each hopper is stored in the storage unit 34 of the control unit 10.

  The control unit 10 controls the start time and the discharge interval at which the coins of the hopper 5 are opened according to the position of the hopper 5. Since this varies depending on the position of the hopper 5, the shape of the discharge chute 25, etc., it is measured in advance and set so that the coin discharge time satisfies the specifications, and is stored in the storage unit 34 of the control unit 10. By controlling the discharge interval and keeping the interval between coins to some extent, the configuration of the transport unit 3 can be simplified. In addition, coins remaining in the belt of each chute / transport unit that rarely occur, Abnormalities that may occur during continuous release can be reduced.

  Based on the result of the confirmation operation, a drive signal is output from the operation instruction unit 36 of the control unit 10 to the motors 5AM to 5DM of the corresponding one hopper 5, and one coin is discharged from the hopper 5. At this time, the coins are not continuously discharged (the one whose discharge interval is shorter than the controlled interval) and the coins are not discharged from the other hoppers 5.

  The first coin discharged from the discharge portion 21 of the hopper 5 passes and falls through the connection portion 23 arranged in the lateral direction of the discharge chute 25 of the hopper 5, and the portion arranged in the vertical direction of the discharge chute 25 And the vertical portion of the discharge chute 25 is dropped. The control unit 10 receives a detection signal from a detection sensor 3S provided at the outlet of the discharge chute 25, and monitors the state of the detection sensor 3S. The detection sensor 3S is in a light-shielded state once the coin reaches the outlet of the discharge chute 25, and enters a light-transmitting state when the coin inserted into the belt of the transport unit 3 is started to be transported by the belt.

  The control unit 10 confirms the presence or absence of the remaining withdrawal coins as a normal operation when the detection sensor 3S provided at the exit of the discharge chute 25 is light-transmitted after a predetermined time (including a margin) after the light is blocked. If there is no remaining withdrawal coin, the coin release is terminated. Here, the predetermined time includes a hole elimination time as a coin counting signal, and is, for example, 100 msec. If the light transmission is detected after the predetermined time has elapsed, it is determined that the light has passed.

  When there is a remaining withdrawal coin, the control unit 10 confirms the position of the hopper 5 of the coin to be discharged. The above-described operation for specifying the denomination of coins that can be released to the operation for ending the release of coins is repeated until there is no more coins to be released and coins are released.

  The counting of coins is performed by the counting unit 37 of the control unit 10 based on the output signal from the coin counting sensor 13, and the denomination of the coin is controlled based on the output signal from the denomination determining sensor 11. This is performed by the denomination determining unit 38 of the unit 10.

  The determination of the quality of the denomination is performed by the information comparison unit 33 of the control unit 10. Determining whether or not the denomination is good is the first information obtained from the output signal from the coin counting sensor 13 installed in the hopper 5 and the first signal indicating the presence / absence of a hole and the output signal from the denomination discrimination sensor 11. The information on the denomination of the coin as information 2 is compared and will be described in detail later. The information comparison unit 33 sends the determination result to the operation instruction unit 36. Based on the determination information, the operation instructing unit 36 sends an operation instruction to the shutter unit 1 serving as a dispensing unit or the tray bottom 50 serving as a rejecting unit, and a dispensing process or a rejection process is performed.

  When the determination result of the denomination is good, specifically, when the first information matches the second information, and when the coin is other than the reject coin, that is, an appropriate coin, the coin is stored in the withdrawal tray 2. . The operation of discharging the coin from the hopper 5 and the operation of storing the coin in the dispensing tray 2 are repeated until the dispensing coin is finished. When all the withdrawal coins are stored in the withdrawal tray part 2, the shutter (not shown) of the shutter part 1 above the withdrawal tray part 2 is opened, and the withdrawal operation (withdrawal process) is completed.

  When the denomination result is negative, specifically, when the first information and the second information do not match, and in the case of a reject coin, the determined coin is stored in the withdrawal tray 2. Wait, after the coin is stored, the tray bottom 50 attached to the dispensing tray 2 is opened, and the coin including the previously stored coin is stored in the withdrawal reject box 9 (rejection process). Redo withdrawal operation. When the denomination result is NO, the number of withdrawals of withdrawals can be determined as appropriate. For example, when the determination result does not succeed twice, the apparatus is stopped as an abnormality.

Here, the determination on the quality of the coin denomination of the control unit 10 will be described.
When coins are discharged from the hopper 5 and pass through the coin counting sensor 13, a light shielding signal is output from the coin counting sensor 13 to the input receiving unit 31 of the control unit 10. The hole presence / absence determination unit 39 of the control unit 10 confirms an output corresponding to the presence / absence of a coin hole in addition to the normal counting process based on the output of the coin counting sensor 13 and temporarily stores it in the storage unit 34. When the hole is formed in the coin, the hole detection information X is stored as “having a hole”, and when the hole is not formed in the coin, the hole detection information X is stored as “no hole”.

  Coins discharged from the hopper 5 are transported to the denomination discrimination sensor 11 via the transport unit 3. The denomination discrimination sensor 11 outputs a signal serving as a basis for creating a denomination signal of the conveyed coin to the input receiving unit 31 of the control unit 10. The denomination signal is created by the denomination discrimination unit 38. The denomination discrimination unit 38 is also a coin denomination signal creation unit that creates a coin denomination signal. The information comparison unit 33 of the control unit 10 is a gold created based on the denomination of the discharged hopper 5 (sent from the storage unit 34 to the information comparison unit 33) and a signal from the denomination discrimination sensor 11. The denomination indicated by the seed signal (hereinafter, denomination signal from the denomination discrimination sensor 11) is compared. If the denomination of the hopper 5 and the denomination indicated by the denomination signal from the denomination discrimination sensor 11 do not match as a result of the comparison, the information comparison unit 33 makes a negative determination. It is assumed that the number of times of this rejection is included in the number of retries for withdrawal of withdrawal when the determination result of the denomination described above is NO.

  As a result of the comparison, when the denomination of the discharged hopper 5 matches the denomination indicated by the denomination signal from the denomination discrimination sensor 11, the denomination signal from the denomination discrimination sensor 11 further indicates. The denomination and stored hole detection information X are compared with the once stored hole detection information X (detected by the coin counting sensor 13). The comparison is similarly performed by the information comparison unit 33.

  The information comparison unit 33 of the control unit 10 includes information on the presence / absence of a hole derived from the denomination indicated by the denomination signal from the denomination determination sensor 11 and the hole detection information X (detected by the coin counting sensor 13) once stored. Both pieces of information are compared to determine whether they match. As a result of the comparison, if the information on the presence / absence of the hole derived from the denomination indicated by the denomination determination sensor 11 and the hole detection information X (detected by the coin counting sensor 13) once stored do not match, the determination is rejected. To do.

  If the determination is negative, the motor of the dispensing tray 2 is operated by the instruction from the operation instructing unit 36 to open the tray bottom 50 and the coin cannot be delivered to the user. To store coins. As a result of the comparison, when the information on the presence / absence of the hole derived from the denomination indicated by the denomination signal from the denomination discrimination sensor 11 matches the hole detection information X (detected by the coin counting sensor 13) once stored, Judgment is good. If the judgment is good, the operation instructing unit 36 gives an instruction to store the coins in the withdrawal tray 2 and continue the discharging operation from the hopper 5, and all the coins are discharged from the hopper 5, If the answer is no, the withdrawal tray 2 will withdraw.

The denomination discriminating unit 38 that has received the output from the denomination discriminating sensor 11 may erroneously discriminate the denomination depending on the shape of the coin as the medium and the transport state. Specifically, when the material is relatively close to the diameter as the denomination, the effect of the coin shifting is insufficient and the coin passes through the denomination sensor 11 with a deviation. For example,
1) When discriminating 10 yen coins as 5 yen coins,
2) A case where 100 yen coins are discriminated as 50 yen coins can be considered.

  Therefore, for example, when a coin released from a hopper for 5 yen passes through the denomination determination sensor 11 and is determined to be “5 yen”, the hole detection information X is compared with the presence / absence of a hole in the hole detection information X. If “no hole”, reject. This is because there is a possibility that 10 yen stored for some reason is erroneously released from the hopper.

  Similarly, for example, when a coin released from a hopper for 50 yen passes through the denomination determination sensor 11 and is determined to be “50 yen”, the hole detection information X is compared with the presence / absence of a hole in the hole detection information X. If is “No Hole”, it will be rejected. This is because there is a possibility that 100 yen mistakenly stored for some reason may be erroneously released from the 50 yen hopper.

  According to the coin processing apparatus 101 of the first embodiment, the coin counting sensor 13 detects the presence or absence of a hole formed in the coin discharged from the hopper 5 by the discharge unit 21, and determines the denomination of the coin. The coin obtained by the denomination discrimination sensor 11 is received by the control unit 10 from the coin counting sensor 13 and the information on the presence / absence of the hole (first information) obtained from the coin counting sensor 13. Information on the denomination (second information) is received from the denomination discriminating unit 38, and if the denomination determination result is negative (if the first information and the second information do not match), Judgment is made so that when the denomination result is good (when the first information and the second information match), it is determined to be an appropriate coin, so that the withdrawal process is performed when the coin is an appropriate coin. If the coin is a reject coin, It can be processed.

  Therefore, it is possible to provide a coin processing apparatus 101 that has a simple configuration and is reduced in size, and that is free from erroneous release in which an incorrect denomination of coins is discharged from the apparatus.

  Although the counting unit 37 and the hole presence / absence determining unit 39 have been described as being in the input processing unit 32 of the control unit 10 separate from the coin counting sensor 13, the counting unit 37 and the coin counting sensor 13 may be integrally formed. Good. Further, although the denomination determining unit 38 has been described as being in the input processing unit 32 of the control unit 10 that is separate from the denomination determining sensor 11, it may be formed integrally with the denomination determining sensor 11.

  Next, a coin processing device 201 according to a second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. Hereinafter, differences from the first embodiment will be described. In the point which is not described below, 2nd Embodiment is the same as that of 1st Embodiment.

  The difference is as follows. (1) As described above, the coin processing apparatus 101 (FIG. 1) of the first embodiment includes the denomination discrimination sensor 11 and outputs the coins according to the output signal from the denomination discrimination sensor 11. Specify the diameter and determine the denomination. In the case of Japanese coins, the diameters of the coins are different, so that the coins can be uniquely identified by specifying the outer diameter. The coin processing device 101 (FIG. 1) includes a denomination determining unit 38 (FIG. 1) of the control unit 10, and the denomination determining unit 38 of the control unit 10 receives a money according to an output signal from the denomination determining sensor 11. Create a seed signal.

  On the other hand, in the second embodiment, the coin processing device 201 includes a denomination group discrimination sensor unit, and the denomination group discrimination sensor unit includes a denomination group discrimination sensor 111 and a coin denomination group of the control unit 110. It includes a determination unit 140 and a denomination determination unit 138 of the control unit 110. The coin denomination group discriminating unit 140 determines the denomination group to which the coin belongs by specifying the material of the coin from the output signal from the denomination group discrimination sensor 111, and further from the denomination group discrimination sensor 111. A denomination group signal is generated from the output signal (the coin denomination group determination unit 140 is also a denomination group signal generation unit that generates a denomination group signal). Here, the denomination group is a copper group (5 yen, 10 yen), a cupronickel group (50 yen, 100 yen, 500 yen), and an aluminum group (1 yen).

  The difference is as follows. (2) As described above, the control unit 10 (FIG. 1) of the coin processing apparatus 101 (FIG. 1) of the first embodiment has the information comparison unit 33 (FIG. 3). The comparison unit 33 compares the information regarding the presence / absence of the coin hole determined by the hole determination unit 39 with the information regarding the coin type determined by the denomination determination unit 38 based on the output signal from the denomination determination sensor 11. To do.

  In the second embodiment, the control unit 110 of the coin processing apparatus 201 includes a denomination determining unit 138 and a denomination group determining unit 140, and the denomination determining unit 138 includes a hole presence / absence determining unit 39. The first information (the presence / absence of a hole) is received, the third information (for example, a copper group) is received from the denomination group discriminating unit 140, and the gold of the coins released from the first information and the third information is received. It is configured to discriminate the seed and form a denomination signal that is fourth information relating to the denomination of the coin (the denomination discriminating unit 138 is also a denomination signal creating unit that creates the denomination signal). Further, the control unit 110 of the coin processing device 201 includes an information comparison unit 133 as an appropriate coin determination unit, and the information comparison unit 133 includes fifth information (deposited) on the denomination of coins stored in the storage unit 5. The denomination based on the hopper 5) (for example, the denomination is 10 yen when stored in the hopper 5D) is received from the storage unit 34, and the fourth information and the fifth information are compared. When the fourth information and the fifth information do not match, it is determined to be a reject coin, and when the fourth information and the fifth information match, it is determined to be a proper coin, Process withdrawals. Although the denomination group discrimination unit 140 has been described as being in the input processing unit 32 of the control unit 110 that is separate from the denomination group discrimination sensor 111, it may be formed integrally with the denomination group discrimination sensor 111. Good.

  Therefore, it is possible to provide a coin processing apparatus 201 that has a simple configuration and is reduced in size, and that is free from erroneous release in which an erroneous denomination of coins is discharged from the apparatus.

  In the case of the coin processing apparatuses 101 and 201 according to the first or second embodiment, the coin hopper is configured by mistakenly combining the coin hopper with a hole and the coin hopper with no hole. In addition, when a coin with a hole is mistakenly inserted into the hopper of a coin with a hole, or when a coin with a hole is mistakenly inserted into a hopper of a coin with no hole , It is possible to avoid dispensing the wrong coins outside the apparatus.

  In the coin processing apparatuses 101 and 201 according to the first or second embodiment, one of the purposes is to provide a downsized coin processing apparatus. It is not possible to incorporate a high-performance withdrawal identification device capable of automatically distributing gold coins (automatically rejecting rejected coins using a sorting claw). Therefore, the coin counting sensor 13 for discriminating the presence / absence of the coin hole information and the denomination discrimination sensor 11 or the denomination group discrimination sensor 111 are used to perform the sorting with a simple coin processing device. In addition, the provision of a simple coin counting sensor 13 instead of the denomination discrimination sensor 11 or the denomination group discrimination sensor 111 in each hopper 5 also leads to a reduction in the size of the apparatus.

  In the above embodiment, the hopper is described as being composed of four hoppers for four kinds of denominations of 500 yen, 1 yen, 100 yen, and 10 yen, but 500 yen, 1 yen, 100 It may be composed of six hoppers for six denominations of yen, 10 yen, 5 yen, and 50 yen. In this case, there is an effect even when the hopper is stored in the coin processing apparatus without being installed at an appropriate position.

1 Shutter part (withdrawal part)
1M motor 1S detection sensor 2 withdrawal tray (withdrawal unit)
2M motor 2S detection sensor 3 transport unit 3M motor 3S detection sensor 3A first transport unit 3B second transport unit 3C third transport unit 4 stacker cassette unit 5 hopper (storage unit)
5A Hopper 5AM Motor 5B Hopper 5BM Motor 5C Hopper 5CM Motor 5D Hopper 5DM Motor 9 Withdrawal rejection box (reject part)
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Control part 11 Denomination discrimination sensor 13 Coin counting sensor 15 Storage case 15A, 15B, 15C, 15D Storage case 19 Door 20 Locking mechanism 21 Release part 22 Release part 23 Release part 25 Release mechanism 25 Release chute 31 Input receiving part 32 Input Processing section 33 Information comparison section 34 Storage section 35 Calculation section 36 Operation instruction section 37 Count section 38 Denomination determination section 39 Hole presence / absence determination section 41A Service wall 41B Back wall 42 Frame side wall 43 Center plane 44 Opening 45 Handle 49 Door hinge 50 Saucer bottom (rejection)
51 Reject Chute 101 Coin Processing Device 102 Host Device 110 Control Unit 111 Denomination Group Determination Sensor 133 Information Comparison Unit 138 Denomination Determination Unit 140 Denomination Group Determination Unit 201 Coin Processing Device

Claims (5)

A storage section for storing coins;
A discharge part for discharging the stored coins from the storage part;
A coin counting sensor for detecting the emitted coins, based on the detection signal from the coin counting sensor, a discharge detector and a counting section for counting the detected coin;
Denomination discrimination having a denomination discrimination sensor for detecting the denomination of the released coin and a denomination discrimination unit for discriminating the denomination of the detected coin based on a detection signal from the denomination discrimination sensor A sensor unit;
A proper coin judging unit for judging the released coin as a proper coin or a reject coin;
Each of the storage units stores a coin of a predetermined denomination and is configured to be exchangeable;
The discharge detection unit includes a hole presence / absence determination unit that determines the presence / absence of a hole formed in the discharged coin based on a signal from the coin counting sensor;
Regarding the withdrawal process, the appropriate coin determination unit receives first information on the presence / absence of a coin hole determined by the presence / absence determination unit of the hole, and further relates to the denomination of the coin determined by the denomination determination unit. When the denomination of the storage unit that received the second information and the discharge is performed does not match the denomination indicated by the second information, or the first information and the second information do not match It is configured to determine that the coin is a reject coin and that other than the reject coin is a proper coin;
Coin processing device. The denomination determination sensor detects the outer diameter of the coin, and the denomination determination unit determines the denomination from the outer diameter;
The coin processing apparatus according to claim 1. A plurality of storage units for storing coins by denomination;
A discharge part for discharging the stored coins from the storage part;
A discharge detecting unit comprising a coin counting sensor for detecting the discharged coins, and a counting unit for counting the detected coins based on a detection signal from the coin counting sensor;
A denomination group discriminating sensor for detecting the material of the released coin, and a denomination group discriminating unit for discriminating the denomination group of the detected coin based on a detection signal from the denomination group discrimination sensor. Denomination group discrimination sensor part;
A proper coin judging unit for judging the released coin as a proper coin or a reject coin;
Each of the storage units stores a coin of a predetermined denomination and is configured to be exchangeable;
The discharge detection unit includes a hole presence / absence determination unit that determines the presence / absence of a hole formed in the discharged coin based on a signal from the coin counting sensor;
The denomination group discrimination sensor unit further includes a denomination discrimination unit;
Regarding the withdrawal process, the denomination determining unit receives first information on the presence / absence of a coin hole determined by the hole determining unit, and further, the denomination of the coin determined by the denomination group determining unit Receiving third information relating to the group, determining a denomination of the released coin from the first information and the third information, and forming fourth information relating to the denomination of the coin;
The proper coin determination unit receives fifth information related to the denomination of the coin stored in the storage unit, determines that the coin is a reject coin when the fourth information and the fifth information do not match, and rejects the coin Was configured to be considered as a proper coin;
Coin processing device. A reject unit for rejecting and storing a coin determined to be the reject coin;
A withdrawal unit that withdraws the coin determined to be the appropriate coin;
If the reject coin is determined, the reject unit stores the determined coin in a withdrawal reject box, and the withdrawal unit is configured to redo the withdrawal operation from the beginning;
The coin processing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 3. Each storage unit is configured to be drawable;
The coin processing device according to any one of claims 1 to 4.

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